Now more than ever, technology is influencing the way we do business, communicate, move through and around the world, access and manage our homes, receive and administer healthcare, make purchases, secure information, and protect our most valuable property. Morrison Foerster keeps pace with this rapidly evolving landscape across our internationally recognized corporate, finance, intellectual property, and litigation practices. MoFo Tech brings together our insights relating to fields such as blockchain and distributed ledger, cloud and as-a-service technologies, driverless cars, drones, fintech, computer hardware and software, the Internet of Things, semiconductors, and telecommunications. The MoFo Tech blog offers real-time, in-depth analyses of the trends and complex issues shaping the global technology industry.<h2>ABOUT MORRISON FOERSTER</h2>Morrison Foerster is a leading global law firm that transforms complexity into advantage for its clients. Our clients include some of the largest financial institutions, banks, consulting and accounting firms, and Fortune 100, technology, and life sciences companies. Highlighting the firm’s commitment to client service, leadership in market-changing deals and impact litigation, and values-based culture, Morrison Foerster has been repeatedly recognized as one of the top 10 firms on The American Lawyer’s A-List. Year after year, the firm receives significant recognition from Chambers and The Legal 500 across their various guides, including Global, USA, Asia‑Pacific, Europe, UK, Latin America, and FinTech Legal. Our lawyers passionately care about delivering legal excellence while living our values. Morrison Foerster has a long-standing commitment to creating a culture that respects and celebrates differences, while providing an inclusive environment. The firm has achieved Mansfield Certification Plus since 2018 as a result of successfully reaching at least 30 percent women, communities of color, and LGBTQ+ lawyer representation in a notable number of current leadership roles and committees. The firm also has a long history of commitment to the community and society through providing pro bono legal services, including litigating for civil rights and civil liberties, improving public education and fostering the wellbeing of children, advocating for veterans, promoting international human rights, enforcing the right to asylum, and safeguarding the environment.

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Scott Llewellyn’s practice focuses on complex litigation in federal and state courts around the country, with an emphasis on patent and trade secret disputes. Over the past decade, he has worked on some of the most significant, high–profile IP cases involving technology for televisions, smartphones, and self–driving cars, relying on 40 years of experience with computer hardware and software. Scott also has significant experience with business divorce cases before courts and arbitrators, involving a mix of trade secret, patent, tort, and contract claims relating to technology development and implementation.Scott also has successfully tried general commercial arbitration and agency matters, briefed and argued various appeals in federal appellate court, and tried more than 20 cases for the Denver City Attorney’s office, most of them jury trials.Scott also has an active pro bono practice, having worked on a variety of criminal and immigration appeals, and having represented Colorado criminal defense and mental health organizations in high–profile suits against the state of Colorado for violations of the constitutional rights of defendants.At MoFo, Scott serves on the board of the Morrison & Foerster Foundation. In the broader legal community, he serves on the boards of the Colorado Lawyers Committee and Drop in the Bucket (a charity that builds wells and sanitation systems in sub–Saharan Africa).After law school, Scott clerked for the Honorable Clarence A. Brimmer, District of Wyoming, and the Honorable Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain, Ninth Circuit. He was also previously an adjunct professor at the Georgetown University Law Center.

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Scott Llewellyn’s practice involves complex litigation before state and federal courts around the country, with an emphasis on patent and trade secret disputes for high-tech companies, to which he brings more than 35 years of experience with computer hardware and software, in particular relating to the processing and transmission of audio, video, voice, and other types of data. Mr. Llewellyn has also tried commercial arbitration and agency matters; briefed and argued various appeals in federal appellate court; and tried more than 20 cases for the Denver city attorney’s office, most of them jury trials.

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Strengthened AI Oversight in the Netherlands

Transforming Tomorrow: The Rise of AI in the Workplace

Current State of the AI VC Financing Market

The Bad Guys Have AI, Too

MoFo Tech Law Summit – Tech and Antitrust: Policy Shifts in the Second Trump Administration

The Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (“FIRRMA”), which became law on August 13, 2018, effected sweeping change to the authority and processes of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”). Many of FIRRMA’s most significant changes were not effective immediately, however, as they are subject to rulemaking by the Department of the Treasury. If there were any questions whether Treasury would let the regulatory process initiated by FIRRMA linger, those questions were just answered with the release of unprecedented new CFIUS regulations that include possible multi-billion dollar fines across almost 30 critical technology-related industries, and provisions that make filing certain notifications with CFIUS mandatory. Read our <a href="https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/XqlQCv29RwtZBQnJTzQpia">client alert</a>.

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Bob Litt, former General Counsel for the Director of National Intelligence, is of counsel and co-chair of Morrison & Foerster’s Global Risk and Crisis Management group. He advises industry-leading org

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Robert Litt

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Charles Capito is a partner in both Morrison Foerster’s National Security and Government Contracts + Public Procurement practices.
In the National Security space, he has significant experience couns

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Charles Capito

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New CFIUS Pilot Program Expands U.S. Government Review of Tech Transactions

California Supreme Court Clarifies Standards for Whistleblower Claims Under California Labor Code Section 1102.5

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The Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (“FIRRMA”), which became law on August 13, 2018, effected sweeping change to the authority and proc

New CFIUS Pilot Program Expands U.S. Government Review of Tech Transactions

Updating and building on guidance issued one year ago, the U.S. Department of Transportation published a new federal guidance document entitled Preparing for the Future of Transportation: Automated Vehicles 3.0 (“AV 3.0”). AV 3.0, released on October 4, 2018, incorporates extensive stakeholder feedback to provide updated voluntary guidance and policy considerations regarding safety standards and federal agencies’ roles in the development process of automated vehicles.Read our <a href="https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/jj64CwpR2xSnXRWjT9eJgg">client alert</a>.

Fertility Center Litigation

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Leading Healthcare, Pharmaceutical, and Medical Device Company

Lethal Injection Matters – Major Pharmaceutical Company

Pain Pump Matters – Large Pharmaceutical Company

Major Technology Company

Leading Chemical Company

Security Device Company

In re Air Crash Near Peixoto de Azevedo, Brazil

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Erin Bosman is chair of MoFo’s Class Actions and Mass Torts Practice Group and is a founder and co-head of the Artificial Intelligence Group. Clients value her business strategy, seeking her comprehensive counsel throughout the product life cycle, especially in high-stakes litigation and product recalls.

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Erin Bosman is chair of MoFo’s Class Actions and Mass Torts Practice Group and is a founder and co-head of the Artificial Intelligence Group. Clients value her business strategy, seeking her comprehensive counsel throughout the product life cycle, especially in high-stakes litigation and product recalls.

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U.S. DOT Revamps Federal Guidance on Automated Vehicle Development and Rollout

California Opens the Road to Fully Driverless Cars; Federal Policymaking Slowly Rolls Forward

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Updating and building on guidance issued one year ago, the U.S. Department of Transportation published a new federal guidance document entitled Preparing for th

U.S. DOT Revamps Federal Guidance on Automated Vehicle Development and Rollout

Updates to the Y Combinator SAFE formsJoin Morrison & Foerster partner John Rafferty and associate Kate Tyler for a free webinar to discuss the recent changes to the Y Combinator forms of Simple Agreement for Future Equity (SAFE) and how those changes impact a startup’s fundraising efforts when using SAFEs.Topics covered in this session will include:<ul><li>How do the changes to the forms impact the way founders calculate the amount of equity in a company being sold to SAFE investors? </li><li>How do the changes to the forms impact dilution to founders and existing equity holders? </li><li>What do founders need to know to correctly model this on a pro forma capitalization table? </li><li>What do founders need to know about the changes to the SAFE pro rata rights provisions?</li></ul>Founders and investors contemplating purchasing a SAFE from a startup will find this webinar most useful.Registration details to follow.

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Viator, Inc.

Streetline, Inc.

Urban Remedy, Inc.

Innova Dynamics, Inc.

Sonora Mills d/b/a popchips

Temasek

RE/MAX Holdings, Inc.

LLC International, Inc.

Nanogen, Inc.

Campari Group

Ancestry.com, Inc.

Sega Corporation

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John Rafferty focuses his practice on representing emerging growth companies in a broad range of corporate and securities law matters. John's practice includes private financings, public financings, mergers, tender offers, and strategic and financial investments.

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Save the Date for a MoFo Webinar: Updates to the Y Combinator SAFE Forms

UK Regulations: Urgent Action Required from Loan-Based Crowdfunding Platforms

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Updates to the Y Combinator SAFE forms
Join Morrison & Foerster partner John Rafferty and associate Kate Tyler for a free webinar to discuss the recent changes 

Save the Date for a MoFo Webinar: Updates to the Y Combinator SAFE Forms

When Governor Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 1906 and Senate Bill 327 into law on Friday, California took major strides toward regulating the Internet of Things, the network of internet‑connected devices that includes everything from televisions and cars, to refrigerators, fitness trackers, and baby monitors. As of January 1, 2020, “reasonable security feature[s]” must be included in all “connected devices” sold or offered for sale in California, specifically those devices capable of connecting directly or indirectly to the internet and that have an IP or Bluetooth address.Read our <a href="https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/gJ6YCG6QzAU9WPplfpXwMW">client alert</a>.

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New California IoT Law Requires Security for Connected Devices

The Unblinking Eye: Employee Monitoring in the IoT Era

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When Governor Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 1906 and Senate Bill 327 into law on Friday, California took major strides toward regulating the Internet of Thin

New California IoT Law Requires Security for Connected Devices

In an effort to harmonize online consumer protection laws and regulations across the European Union by the end of 2019, the Digital Single Market project has started fairly slowly. Which of the Commission’s goals has it managed to convert into actual legislation, when is the Commission expected to pass legislation related to the modernization of copyright law, and what can we expect the Commission to address next?In this video, Alistair Maughan, co-chair of Morrison & Foerster’s global Technology Transactions Group and leader of the firm’s European Technology Team, answers these questions and more.<div class="videoWrapper"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/JFErC81sNi8?rel=0" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" title="Ted Talks - MoFo Tech" title="iframe"></iframe></div>

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One of UK's largest public EV charging networks

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Telenor

UK Border Agency

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Alistair Maughan co-leads Morrison & Foerster's European Technology & Commercial Practice.

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Alistair advises on the deployment of new technology platforms involving, for example, the internet of things, AI and machine-learning, and blockchain and distributed ledger technology.

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What Is The Digital Single Market?

Don’t Get Caught by the Phisherman’s Hook This Tax Season

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In an effort to harmonize online consumer protection laws and regulations across the European Union by the end of 2019, the Digital Single Market project has st

What Is The Digital Single Market?

There is now wide legal consensus that organizations that seek to sell tokens for capital-raising purposes in the United States should register their tokens with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or rely on available registration exemptions. However, many token investors and other recipients of tokens do not realize that, to the extent a token is a security, any sale that the holder makes of the token (i.e., any “secondary sale”) must also be in compliance with similar securities laws and regulations, just as the initial, or “primary,” sale of the token to the holder must have been. In their article “Structuring Secondary Token Sales: How to Monetize Digital Tokens under U.S. Securities Laws,” Alfredo Silva and Dario de Martino of Morrison & Foerster LLP present key hurdles to consider when structuring secondary token sales in order to avoid legal repercussions.Read our <a href="https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/424dC2k12XUmwPZ0IBxwOv">article</a> at Bloomberg Law.

Marrone Bio Innovations' Acquisition by Bioceres Crop Solutions Corp

Temasek’s Joint Venture with Bayer

SoftBank Group and SoftBank Vision Fund’s Investment Transactions

Temasek's Investment in Verily Life Sciences and Agtech Space

Intel's Investment in Cloudera

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Structuring Secondary Token Sales: How to Monetize Digital Tokens Under U.S. Securities Laws